How to define an alias in fish shell?

Question

I would like to define some aliases in fish. Apparently it should be possible to define them in

~/.config/fish/functions

but they don\'t g

Answer 1

I found the prior answers and comments to be needlessly incomplete and/or confusing. The minimum that I needed to do was:

1. Create ~/.config/fish/config.fish. This file can optionally be a softlink.
2. Add to it the line alias myalias echo foo bar.
3. Restart fish. To confirm the definition, try type myalias. Try the alias.